Bronx Half Marathon

**Latest- Official Net Time: 1:34:52/7:14, ranked 245 and 62.4% AG

Just got back from my apartment and here are the unofficial results:

Splits from the watch:

Mile 1- 6:56:43
Mile 2- 6:56:37
Mile 3- 7:00:95
Mile 4- 7:12:27
Mile 5- 8:16:98
Mile 6- 6:06:38
Mile 7- 7:14:73
Mile 8- 7:15:81
Mile 9- 7:18:76
Mile 10- 7:09:24
Mile 11- 7:31:35
Mile 12- 7:22:35
Mile 13- 8:00:14
Mile .1- 30:24

(Unofficial Net Time): 1:35:38 (?)

Looking at the splits, mile 1-3 looked awesome. However, i think there's some discrepancy in mile 5-6. On 7-9, I definitely slowed down a bit and mile 11-13 was horrendous. I need to do something to improve on that! Maybe quit drinking? No...i can't possibly do that! :)



Well not every race is a PR; I got my wish of a sub 1:35 and anything better than that is gravy. Despite the weather conditions, I'm pretty used to it. I mean, i love to play tennis in the 90 degree weather! Hazy, hot and humid is something i look forward to!

The trek to Bronx was long, although not as bad as avoiding the land mine of dog-shits everywhere. I guess picking up after your dog is not a priority in this borough. I lived in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and there are shits everywhere in the Bronx!!!!!!!! Crazy shit and shit happens!

At the start of the race I saw some dogs: Mog, Barry, Paul, Riyad, Wendy and Jennifer. In addition, I saw my japanese entourage, Kaz and Jin. They actually played several hours of soccer on Saturday.....CRAZY! Anyway at the start of the race, paul totally put on the nitro, while i paced with Mog- who always crush me during the races and workouts!!! While pacing with DA MOG, Mile 1 and 2 felt great, hence I took off on mile 2.5. Between miles 3-7, i paced with a fellow dude from the Polish Runners Club and a CPTC'er. Next, I saw Barry briefly on mile 7-8, exchanged hellos and glanced at Paul who looked pretty fresh after mile 10. Anyway congrats to Paul on the PR.



Despite the favorable weather conditions, i felt that this course was a little harder than Queens with its numerous stretch of steep hills. However, most importantly, my achilles didn't hurt at all and I felt great after the race. Hence knock on wood, this is a good sign!

Now that I feel great, maybe a Splash and Dash, Run for the Parks and Shea are a possibility!

Congrats to all the dogs that made it to the race and doing well with the warm weather conditions.

I need a nice shower and chug a protein shake. On a sidenote, Federer defeated Nadal in 4 sets and ill be meeting up with friends to see the World Cup in Lil' Italy-

Happy World Cup Finals!

Aloha and Cheers,

Moz